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Discontent brewing over deferred direct dealing with wholesalers
A complaint surrounding the delayed implementation of the direct dealing with local pharmaceutical wholesalers on the part of Zuellig Pharma Korea’s outsourcing partners as members of the Korean Research based Pharmac...
KPA, government square off over new pharmacy college
The conflict is deepening between the government and the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) over the recently disputed new pharmacy college establishment plan in nine areas nationwide.
The Education Ministry i...
Novartis Korea, Dongwha to co-market Theraflu
Novartis Korea and Dongwha Pharm announced on October 21 that they have recently signed an agreement to co-market TheraFlu, a brand of over-the-counter cold and flu medicines that contain different groupings of variou...
Government to support Hanall’s R&D project for new drugs
Hanall Pharm said it will gear up its efforts to develop a novel combination drug containing losartan and amlodipine, backed by the government.
The combination product is based on Hanall’s platform technologies suc...
Death toll from new influenza A reach 20
This country's death toll from the disease increased to 20, with two additional fatalities confirmed on October 20.
A two-year-old girl and a 66-year-old man have recently died after being infected with the type-A ...
Pharmacy school quota set for 9 regions
Nine regions will see at least one 6-year pharmacy school, the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development said recently.
The ministry has categorized the potential pharmcy school universities into nine g...
GSK releases PritorPlus 80/25 mg
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) said it has recently launched a new antihypertensive agent Pritor Plus 80/25 (telmisartan 80 mg/hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg).
The combination product is indicated for the treatment of essential...
Dong-A looks to future with new drugs
The two drug candidates of Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. are expected to bolster its stock prices in the near future, according to market analysts.
The company said that its pipeline drugs - functional dyspepsia drug (...
Sleeping pills use by Korean youths soars
The use of sleeping pills among children and very young adults rose 53.3 percent from 2006 to 2008, in yet another sign that parents and doctors are increasingly turning to prescription medications to solve childhood ...
Pfizer Korea must stick to “direct dealing” commitment
Domestic pharmaceutical wholesalers are paying keen attention to when Pfizer Korea will make a direct dealing with wholesalers. Especially the company decided to make a direct transaction with Dongwon Pharma Group on ...
